How many times did your blood freeze when you saw your precious smartphone fall to the ground? Well certainly if you have a top of the range in your hands, you will already have a Corning Gorilla Glass coating, which for some hours has been dressing a new generation, the seventh to be precise with the code name Victus. The new generation of Gorilla Glass boasts of resisting up to 2 meters of falls and despite the improvements in terms of resistance, the company maintains the same cost of the past generation, thus allowing the entire smartphone industry to also knock down their production costs.
Gorilla Glass 7, or Victus, as already mentioned, supports falls of up to 2 meters in height (0,4 meters more than its predecessor) and also resists double scratches compared to the previous model, making it four times better than any other glass. of competition.
Official the new Corning Gorilla Glass 7 (VICTUS) able to withstand drops of up to 2 meters
During the presentation of this new product, the company underlined the various laboratory tests carried out to reach such a level of protection and resistance, also coming to the conclusion that even a scratched glass is not as resistant as an immaculate glass, therefore thick we find ourselves with a broken display even with simple falls from the bed or from the pants pocket.
But the company for its Corning Gorilla Glass 7, in addition to resistance and durability tests, also concluded a sort of market survey, analyzing users from the major sales markets, such as China, India and the United States, concluding that the resistance of a smartphone is one of the main factors that users take into account when purchasing. Therefore, they have announced that they will not increase the cost of their product for manufacturers who wish to obtain it.
The first smartphones that will have the new Victus as a dowry will be of the Samsung brand, which will add to the current 8 billion devices that boast Gorilla Glass protection.
